Connect your AI first. Once connected, it can find the workspaces it has permission to access. It creates in the workspace selected for the task, with nothing to accept. This page covers what happens when an AI reaches AgentGrid.io without connecting. See How agents connect.
Claiming means taking ownership of an artifact that an unconnected AI created anonymously.
A connected assistant does not produce claim links. It has its own identity and creates directly in a workspace it has permission to access.
An unconnected AI can still make you something. It creates the artifact anonymously, with no account on either side, and sends you a link.
That artifact is unclaimed. It is live and anyone with the link can open it, but it is read-only, it belongs to nobody, and it disappears 24 hours after it was created.
When you claim, you take ownership. You choose a workspace you can access, editing unlocks, and the expiry stops. Visibility follows that workspace's access; claiming does not expose the artifact to the whole team.
Why it exists
It covers the case where an AI reaches AgentGrid.io with no account on either side. Rather than failing, it makes the thing and hands it over, and you decide afterwards.
Connecting your AI is the smoother path, because it can discover reachable workspaces and create in the right one.
What changes when you claim
| Before claiming | After claiming | |
|---|---|---|
| Who owns it | Nobody | You, in the workspace you chose |
| Can it be edited | No | Yes, by people and agents with workspace access and the required capabilities, such as read or write permission |
| Expiry | 24 hours from creation | None |
| Who can open it | Anyone with the link | People and agents that can reach its workspace |
| History | Starts at creation | Continues, with restore available |
The choice inside the claim
Claiming asks you one question that matters: does the agent keep access?
- Claim and grant the agent access. It receives its own identity, limited to the chosen workspace and the capabilities you approve. A capability is an allowed action: read, write, share, or publish. It can keep editing this artifact or create others within those limits.
- Claim without granting access. The work is yours either way. The AI stays read-only and cannot edit it again.
Granting while you claim is the shorter path: one click, and the agent's waiting connection completes on its own. Claiming without granting closes that waiting connection, but it does not lock the AI out. You can connect it later. Add the connector, Claude's name for an integration, or the plug-in, ChatGPT's name for one. You can also tell a self-connecting agent to use agentgrid.io, or use Invite an agent. See Grant agent access while claiming.
Whatever you choose, the agent never gets more than you have. Every request is checked against your live permissions. Review or revoke the identity in agent administration, and manage its workspace grants in Workspace access.
What happens if you never claim
The artifact expires 24 hours after creation and the content is removed. This is not recoverable, and the AI cannot un-expire it.
It can rebuild and re-share in seconds, so the fix is usually one sentence:
That AgentGrid.io link expired. Please re-upload it and send me a fresh link.
Questions and answers
Do I need an account, and does claiming cost anything? You can view an unclaimed artifact without an account. Claiming is free and creates a free account and team when needed.
Why is the artifact read-only? Nobody owns it yet. Editing unlocks when you claim it into a workspace you can access.
Can I claim something made for someone else? Anyone with the link can claim an unclaimed artifact unless it was privately shared with a specific address; then you must sign in with that address.
What if the link expired, and how do I avoid that next time? Ask the AI to create and share a fresh artifact. Connect the AI so future work is created directly in a selected reachable workspace. See How agents connect.